There are few things that get me as excited as riding my bike, one of those things I've found is sourcing the parts for a bike that I'm building. I started with a frame - I knew I wanted a Bianchi in the quintessential Celeste blue. For components, I knew I wanted as much Campy (short for Campagnolo, i.e. the absolute best quality you can buy - they still make all their components in Italy while their competitors sent production to SE Asia) as possible.

Originally, I planned to build a cheap commuter bike. I thought I could build a bike cheaper from used parts than buying one second hand off someone. Lo and behold, I went a bit overboard. Campy parts are EXPENSIVE, especially quality vintage parts. I ended up spending about as much as I would on a top of the line off-the-rack commuter bike. But whats the fun in that?

The frame is currently being prepped and repainted by Tom Kellogg at Spectrum Cycles, a legend in bike building. I should be ready to assemble by early May. Fingers crossed...